METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A SEARCH RESULTS MODEL AT A SEARCH ENGINE
First Claim
1. A method of displaying ranked search results, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of search results associated with a plurality of documents from a search engine;
receiving a plurality of result models from the search engine, the plurality of result models including a plurality of terms associated with the plurality of documents and a plurality weights associated with the plurality of terms;
comparing data indicative of the plurality of result models to data indicative of a user context to determine a plurality of scores associated with the plurality of search results, the user context including text being accessed by a user; and
generating a display indicative of a ranked list of search results based on at least a portion of the plurality of scores.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus assessing, ranking, organizing, and presenting search results associated with a user'"'"'s current work context are disclosed. The system disclosed assesses, ranks, organizes and presents search results against a user'"'"'s current work context by comparing statistical and heuristic models of the search results to a statistical and heuristic model of the user'"'"'s current work context. In this manner, search results are assessed, ranked, organized, and/or presented with the benefit of attributes of the user'"'"'s current work context that are predictive of relevance, such as words in a user'"'"'s document (e.g., web page or word processing document) that may not have been included in the search query. In addition, search results from multiple search engines are combined into an organization scheme that best reflects the user'"'"'s current task. As a result, lists of search results from different search engines can be more usefully presented to the user.
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33 Claims
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1. A method of displaying ranked search results, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of search results associated with a plurality of documents from a search engine;
receiving a plurality of result models from the search engine, the plurality of result models including a plurality of terms associated with the plurality of documents and a plurality weights associated with the plurality of terms;
comparing data indicative of the plurality of result models to data indicative of a user context to determine a plurality of scores associated with the plurality of search results, the user context including text being accessed by a user; and
generating a display indicative of a ranked list of search results based on at least a portion of the plurality of scores. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of organizing search results, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of search results associated with a plurality of documents from a search engine;
receiving a plurality of result models from the search engine, the plurality of result models including a plurality of terms associated with the plurality of documents and a plurality weights associated with the plurality of terms;
comparing data indicative of the plurality of search results to data indicative of a user context to determine a plurality of organization schemes, the plurality of organization schemes grouping at least a portion of the plurality of search results into at least two genres; and
generating a display indicative of an organized list of search results based on the plurality of organization schemes. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A method of displaying ranked search results, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of search results associated with a plurality of documents from a search engine;
receiving a plurality of result models from the search engine, the plurality of result models including a plurality of terms associated with the plurality of documents and a plurality weights associated with the plurality of terms;
comparing data indicative of the plurality of result models to data indicative of a user context to determine a plurality of scores associated with the plurality of search results, the user context including text being accessed by a user; and
filtering at least one of the plurality of search results from being displayed to the user based on at least a portion of the plurality of scores. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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28. An apparatus for displaying ranked search results, the apparatus comprising:
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a processor;
a memory device operatively coupled to the processor;
a user input device operatively coupled to the processor;
a network device operatively coupled to the processor; and
a display device operatively coupled to the processor;
wherein the memory device stores a software program to cause the processor to;
receive a plurality of search results associated with a plurality of documents from a search engine via the network device;
receive a plurality of result models from the search engine via the network device, the plurality of result models including a plurality of terms associated with the plurality of documents and a plurality weights associated with the plurality of terms;
compare data indicative of the plurality of result models to data indicative of a user context to determine a plurality of scores associated with the plurality of search results, the user context including text being accessed by a user via the user input device; and
generate a display via the display device indicative of a ranked list of search results based on at least a portion of the plurality of scores. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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31. A computer readable medium storing a software program to cause a computing device to:
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receive a plurality of search results associated with a plurality of documents from a search engine;
receive a plurality of result models from the search engine, the plurality of result models including a plurality of terms associated with the plurality of documents and a plurality weights associated with the plurality of terms;
compare data indicative of the plurality of result models to data indicative of a user context to determine a plurality of scores associated with the plurality of search results, the user context including text being accessed by a user; and
generate a display indicative of a ranked list of search results based on at least a portion of the plurality of scores. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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Specification